Professional Response 3 due by Saturday, February 20, 2010. You are welcome to respond to any of the readings, discussions, and activities that have taken place over the past couple of weeks. If you need more direction, here are some possibilities:
1) The role of mentor texts in teaching writing
2) The role of response in the writing community
3) Conferring and teacher talk
4) Examining craft in writing
5) Do teachers need mentor text, too?
6) What student writing teaches us
Just a few ideas--but your thinking comes first. Guidelines: 500-1,000 words...Remember to ask compelling questions, synthesize, and give your readers the "so what?" of your response. References too, please.
Genre Studies: Craft, Purpose, & Form in Non-fiction
Writing Workshop
Mini-lesson
Students Should Read More Non-Fiction
Writing Time
Response Groups
Classtime
Mini-lesson: What can we learn about craft from nonfiction?Teaching nonfiction writing: rationale and resources
ReadWriteThink
Voice threads in the Classroom
Homework
Read Fletcher, Ch. 5Read Johnston, Ch. 1
Listen
Professional Response 3 due by Saturday, February 20, 2010. You are welcome to respond to any of the readings, discussions, and activities that have taken place over the past couple of weeks. If you need more direction, here are some possibilities:
1) The role of mentor texts in teaching writing
2) The role of response in the writing community
3) Conferring and teacher talk
4) Examining craft in writing
5) Do teachers need mentor text, too?
6) What student writing teaches us
Just a few ideas--but your thinking comes first. Guidelines: 500-1,000 words...Remember to ask compelling questions, synthesize, and give your readers the "so what?" of your response. References too, please.